Kinco

Why r/BuyItForLife recommends Kinco

19 mentions from real owners

• #1Dec 31, 2025

  My kinco mittens i use for skiing. These have seen about 5 seasons of heavy tow rope usage. The right glove wore through and i put some harness tape on it and my dog chewed the thumb so i fixed that with harness tape too. That was 4 seasons ago

  Kinco 901s? A person of culture, I see. Best ski purchase I ever made

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• #2Dec 31, 2025

  My kinco mittens i use for skiing. These have seen about 5 seasons of heavy tow rope usage. The right glove wore through and i put some harness tape on it and my dog chewed the thumb so i fixed that with harness tape too. That was 4 seasons ago

  Kincos are the absolute goats of the ski world. $30 gloves outperforming $150 ones every single time

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• #3Dec 23, 2025

  Winter gloves in Canada

  I never said kincos are the best. But they worked well considering the price and were better then the hestras that were 5 times the price lol.

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• #4Dec 23, 2025

  Winter gloves in Canada

  I worked a season as a ski and snowboard teacher. My colleague only ski teaching bought the hestras. I bought kincos. At the end of the season his hestras looked like shit and had holes in the non leather parts. My kincos looked fine. Honestly hestras are overrated and not even that warm. He had to buy extra lining gloves because they weren't warm enough most of the time.

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• #5Dec 22, 2025

  Advice on what gloves to buy

  Kinco

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• #6Dec 22, 2025

  Advice on what gloves to buy

  Kinco pigskin insulated work gloves are affordable and pretty tough 

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• #7Dec 6, 2025

  Looking for recommendations for a good pair of adult winter mittens

  I just got a pair of kinco leather mittens.

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• #8Dec 6, 2025

  Best BIFL Warm Winter Gloves?

  Kinco gloves m8

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• #9Dec 5, 2025

  Winter work gloves. Does anyone have experience with Duluth’s Durahog?

  Union Ironworker from the Frozen Midwest here, I second the Kinco’s, especially their winter gloves. I snatch em up any time I see them on sale.

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• #10Dec 3, 2025

  Winter work gloves. Does anyone have experience with Duluth’s Durahog?

  We switched to Kinco this year (we're window cleaners) and so far we have been absolutely amazed at how effective they are.

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• #11Dec 3, 2025

  Winter work gloves. Does anyone have experience with Duluth’s Durahog?

  Ive been using Kinco gloves recently and they’re pretty awesome and relatively cheap. My hands get cold very easily and stay that way typically. Look up the different styles on their website then google the type you like to find the best price. Rural King sell a lot of them if you want to try them on

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• #12Apr 4, 2025

  What brands do you trust?

  Darn Tough socks are terrible if you have large feet and more heel girth. They pinch in the absolute worst spot. I personally like Stance socks way better, but they dont have a lifetime guarantee. At least I dont think they do. REI has become way overpriced and they have started to nitpick returns. Their membership 'garage' section is also too expensive and should be renamed 'garbage.' REI was great for a long time, but its just trash now. The cottage industry of ridiculously priced hipster hiking and camping gear forced me to just start making my own. Millennials seemed to have destroyed everything. I use leather Kinco work gloves and just waterproof them, for scrambling and hiking. It works pretty well. They cost like $10-20 depending if you want insulated gloves or not. I bought some 'tech' running/travel pants from Costco, I really dont know what they are I dont think they were Kirkland. They are kind of skinny strechy pants. But they are quick drying and make great climbing/hiking pants and cost less than $20 I hit up consignment stores and pawn shops a lot for outdoor stuff, I wanted a watch with a barometer and a GPS, that tracked my route but the newer ones are really expensive and required a subscription. I got an older model Suunto watch for like $20 that did everything I wanted, no required subscription. I also replaced my Suunto compass recently and noticed it was made in China, I compared it to a friends compass and it was off...So I returned it. I tracked down a used Suunto compass made in Finland, paid a fraction of what it cost new and its perfect. Now days the cheap brands seem to be better than the large name brands, and everything new is shit.

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• #13Jan 10, 2025

  BIFL, any budget, comfort and style be damned, warmest winter gloves possible

  Yep except you don't have to be a Deadhead to rock the Kincos

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• #14Jan 10, 2025

  BIFL, any budget, comfort and style be damned, warmest winter gloves possible

  I'm a big fan of Flylow gloves, which are based on the classic Kinco gloves.

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• #15Jan 10, 2025

  BIFL, any budget, comfort and style be damned, warmest winter gloves possible

  Kinco. Hands down (See what I did there?)

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• #16Jan 10, 2025

  BIFL, any budget, comfort and style be damned, warmest winter gloves possible

  Kinco leather mittens. Then take it up a notch and treat them with SnoSeal

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• #17Dec 3, 2015

  [Request] Leather Mittens

  [Kinco 901T Ski Mitts](http://www.kinco.com/product/901t/) can be waterproofed with [Sno-Seal](http://www.atsko.com/sno-seal-wax-8-oz-jar/) or [Nikwax](http://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/products/productdetail.php?productid=25). They have a leather outer and wool inner (I believe it is wool) which acts like a liner glove. They're really comfortable and also very warm.

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• #18Dec 3, 2015

  [BIFL Request] A good pair of mittens. Around 0 degrees and waterproof.

  [Kinco 901T Ski Mitts](http://www.kinco.com/product/901t/) can be waterproofed with [Sno-Seal](http://www.atsko.com/sno-seal-wax-8-oz-jar/) or [Nikwax](http://www.nikwax.com/en-gb/products/productdetail.php?productid=25). They'll last a few seasons, are much cheaper than Hestra mittens and are used by ski instructors / ski maintenance workers because of how durable they are.

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• #19Dec 1, 2015

  [Request] Leather Mittens

  Kinco mitts

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